Organisation profile

Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.

Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.

Main research areas

Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.

Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.

Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.

We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.

Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.

Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.

With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.

Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses

In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.

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  1. 2011
  2. Experiences on the theme of actions for sustainable development in the field of educational systems, together with Ute Stoltenberg

    Holz, V. (presenter)

    11.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Management of ecosystem resilience as optimal investment in self-protection. A simple, but often non-convex problem

    Strunz, S. (Speaker)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability: Navigating the Complexities of Global Change - Resilience 2011

    Baumgärtner, S. (Moderator)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. The economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience

    Strunz, S. (presenter)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Education for Sustainable Development – Experiences from Theory and Practice

    Holz, V. (presenter)

    10.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. UNIWIND-Workshop "Graduiertenkarrieren: Master - Promotion - Postdoc" 2011

    Thiem, A. (Participant)

    09.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  8. Fachtagung Kosmopolitische Bibliothek Eisenstadt 2011

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    07.03.201109.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Leuphana Konferenz für nachhaltiges Handeln 2011

    Burandt, A. (Participant)

    01.03.201103.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Annual African Disapora Studies Symposium 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Biotropica (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    03.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  12. ‘Black Is…Black Ain’t.” Reconceptualizing the African Diaspora 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. New York University

    Sevincer, T. (Visiting researcher)

    03.201104.2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  14. Internationale Konferenz zur "Kompetenzmodellierung und -messung im Hochschulsektor" 2011

    Thiem, A. (Speaker)

    24.02.201125.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Thermochemical storage materials research - TGA/DSC-hydration studies

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Gérard, M. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    21.02.201124.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. GIS program – Geographischer Informationssyteme

    Pereira Peixoto, M. H. (Participant)

    18.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  17. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    17.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Degrowth als Chance - auch für Natur und Landschaft? 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    16.02.201118.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 8. Assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    14.02.201118.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Audits, Siegel, Zertifikate - Glaubwürdige Nachhaltigkeit? - 2011

    Klewitz, J. (Participant)

    10.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Convegno internazionale WWW.World Wide Women. - 2011

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    10.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch